Sunday, 8 August 2010

TIFF 2010: Documentarys Shine at the Festival

The latest set of films films that have been added to the line up of this years Toronto International Film Festival bring documentary goodness to the fest! Some of films I'm really looking forward to of the newly announced titles include Kim Longinotto (Gaea Girls) film Pink Saris which involves an Indian feminist group and also the Australia film Machete Maidens Unleashed! from director Mark Hartley (Not Quite Hollywood). I never thought I would use the terms Werner Herzog & 3D in the same sentence, which is one of the reasons that it's awesome to know you can always be surprized. His latest film Cave of Forgotten Dreams is a documentary about the earliest images in 3-D.

Music fans will be thrilled to hear about The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town (dir: Thom Zimny) that focuses on Bruce Springsteen and his creative process and Mother of Rock: Lillian Roxon (dir: Paul Clarke) which looks at the Lillian Roxon and the New York punk scene in 1960s & 70s.

Let's take a look at the full list of titles, and remember that the new premium screenings status is in are in effect this year and may apply to World or North American Premieres and to jog your memory, premium screenings are described as follows: "We have refined our definition of a premium screening around the experience you will have. These are screenings that are World or North American premieres and offer a premium experience including a red carpet event."

Gala

The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town Dir: Thom ZimnyUSAWorld Premiere

Masters

Erotic Man Dir: Jørgen LethDenmarkWorld Premiere

Nostalgia for the Light Dir: Patricio GuzmánFrance/Germany/ChileNorth American Premiere

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With the much-anticipated release of a commemorative box set for Darkness on the Edge of Town slated for this Christmas, Bruce Springsteen's classic record is getting renewed attention in the music world. Details on the project are scarce; however, in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Steven Van Zandt mentioned that about 10 unreleased songs will be included in the box set. Fans are surely hungry for any and all material they can get from the 1978 recording sessions and subsequent tour.

For our own preview of what's to come, we contacted Dick Wingate, who was intimately involved in the launch and marketing of the album and tour. He offers an insider's view of what the Darkness era meant to Bruce and the band, while painting an often-humorous behind-the-scenes account of some of the tour's highlights...check out the book The Light in Darkness, which one fan said, "… would also make a great companion piece to the much anticipated Darkness box set..."